Croton Man Fires At Stranger In Teen Home Mystery
A Croton man fired at a stranger who entered the Helbley home at 1012 Croton avenue at 2 am. Margaret Helbley, 17, trembled in fright as the man fled toward the golf grounds while William Helbley fired four shots and the dog pursued. Mrs Helbley identified the intruder as the assailant of East Side women and police seek suspect. Continued on page two.
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Margaret Helbley
Samuel Helbley
Croton Avenue
East Side
Helbly
William
Margaret
Mr. Helbley
Court Room Crowd Is Smaller As Mrs Best Faces Trial
Court sessions show Mrs Josephine Best composed yet wan as she faces murder charges in Dufford case. Her sister Mrs Gertrude Dunleavy and helpers Miss Eleanor Hannon and Mrs Rae Muirhead attend, providing support with ice water and smelling salts amid a week of intense strain.
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Court Room
Josephine Best
Carl Dufford
Gertrude Dunleavy
Eleanor Hannon
Rae Muirhead
Mrs. Best
Particu
President Harding Visits Hutchinson in Terrific Heat
President Harding and Mrs Harding arrive in Hutchinson Kansas to address agriculture at the fairgrounds amid extreme heat. Crowds flock from across the state as he tours wheat fields guides a binder and shares in farm work while aides including Governor Davis and Senator Capper accompany him. Mrs Harding appears delicate but remains a steadfast campaigner. The president heads next to Denver after the speech.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas City
Mr. Harding
Denver
Colorado
Kansas
Hutchinson
Davis
Capper
Harding
Judge Emery Begins Charge In Best Case At 2 P M
The Lawrence county court reconvened at 2 p m as Judge Emery prepared to charge the jury in the Mrs Josephine Best slaying case. Prosecutor Hildebrand and defense counsel McCracken had presented arguments, with McCracken urging acquittal and portraying Best as acting under stress. The jury heard testimony about Bests mind and circumstances, with close attention to her decisions and the altercation with Carl Dufford.
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Hildebrand
Josephine Best
McCracken
Emery
Carl Dufford
Lawrence
S. L. McCracken
Commonwealth
Butler
Business
California
Driven Insane By Heat Woman Leaps To Death From Roof
New York city authorities cited temporary insanity caused by a heat wave as the reason Mrs. Mary Loser 21 leaped from a five story East Twelfth street tenement roof with her three month old baby in her arms. The infant died instantly and the mother died later. A five year old boy named Fred Loser playing in the street was knocked down by the falling bodies.
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International News Service
New York
Mary Loser
East Twelfth Street
Fred Loser
Hurry and Worry Named in Old Verse
The fragment poem mocks constant haste through the year in Decem ber and June. It mentions hurried weddings and divorces, courting ladies, and riding autos, claiming the world stays in a blur until a weather note of 92 days alerts all to be still.
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Gabriel
Dead War Hero Is Affinity Of Miss McCormick
Miss Murial McCormick daughter of Harold McCormick visits Lieutenant George McKinlock’s tomb in Lake Forest almost daily offering flowers and seeking communication via mediums with his mother. The Chicago socialite, estranged from her mother by divorce, reportedly formed a close bond with the McKinlock family and follows spiritualist pursuits tied to his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Hamilton
Lieutenant McKinlock
Lake Forest
Lieut. McKinlock
John D. Rockefeller
Miss McCormick
McKinlock
Former Supreme Court Justice Bitten By Mad Dog
Justice John H. Clark of the United States Supreme Court was badly bitten by a mad dog at his residence in Youngstown Ohio shortly before noon today. The incident was reported as a bulletin.
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Supreme Court
Mad
International News Service
Youngstown
John H. Clark
United States Supreme Court
No Traffic Court Sunday In City
Mayor Rentz announces no traffic court Sunday morning while he spends the weekend at Conneaut Lake. Councilman W I Burns will preside as mayor Sunday morning.
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Rentz
Conneaut Lake
W. I. Burns
Marriage Licenses list for Ellwood and New Castle
Thomas Clyde Sleighter and Ellwood Christine Duella Duncan. Sumner F Rowland and Anna M McKibben, both in New Castle. The notice records the couples and locations of issuance for marriage licenses.
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Thomas Clyde Sleighter
Ellwood
Christine Duella Duncan
Sumner F. Rowland
New Castle
Anna M. McKibben
Baltic Store Of Liquor Removed
New York June 23 United States customs officers removed liquor from the British liner Baltic after government orders. Liquor had been brought into American territorial water under British seals and was eventually declared for drinking purposes by the public health officer. Unloading proceeded after delays and the seals were broken by U S authorities.
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International News Service
New York
United States
White Star Pier
Baltic
Search For Boy In Freight Car Ends In River
The body of 10 year old Stanley Selvan of Brooklyn was found Friday floating in the East River. Police believe the boy left companions last Monday while playing in the railroad yards and went for a swim. Railroad detectives had conducted a nationwide search for the lad after he disappeared from the Pennsylvania railroad yards near New York.
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International News Service
New York
Stanley Selvan
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Milk and Ice Fund Receives Generous Donation
A friend of the babies donated a substantial sum to the News Milk and Ice Fund as need grows for families unable to afford milk. The drive notes many households struggle to feed children with pint portions. earlier contributions list amounts from A. Friend, Mrs. Diefendorfer, and another donor, totaling over twenty dollars in recent reports.
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Diefendorfer
Police Reports Car Theft Near Cascade Park
Police received a report that a Ford auto parked near Cascade Park bearing Po license 774-362 had been stolen. The incident highlights ongoing vehicle theft concerns in the Cascade Park area and prompts police to investigate leads and review nearby surveillance footage.
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Cascade Park
Mellon Sailing On European Trip For Prohibition Talks
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon sails for Europe and refuses to discuss his mission. A semi official source says he plans to meet in England to ease enforcement tensions over American prohibition laws affecting foreign shipping. Customs officials deny knowledge of the trip’s purpose while Mellon has a reserved place on the Majectic.
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International News Service
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Europe
England
State Department
Majestic
Yale Superman Is California Youth Yale
New Haven June 23 California has given Yale another man this time in the intellectual class Francis Otto Matthiessen Pasadena youth Yale seniors voted Matthiessen most admired most scholarly and most likely to succeed The faculty named him senior who did most to inspire admiration for Yale traditions He received 500 cash prize from Mrs Alpheus Henry Snow Washington DC in memory of her husband class of 1879 The Snow prize is awarded this year for the first time and becomes a permanent Yale prize list.
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International News Service
New Haven
California
Yale
Superman
Francis Otto Matthiessen
Pasadena
Matthiessen
Matthiesson
Alpheus Henry Snow
Washington, D. C
Snow
Thompson Hearing Continued Until July 11
In Chicago on June 23 the municipal court postponed the hearing of Fred G. Thompson, the man who posed as a woman, to give police more time to build their case regarding the holdup murder of Richard E. Tesmer.
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International News Service
Chicago
Fred G. Thompson
Richard E. Tesmer
Belgian King Albert Injured In Horse Accident
King Albert of Belgium suffered a broken wrist after being thrown from his horse in Brussels on June 23. The incident was reported by International News Service. He received treatment and is in stable condition.
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International News Service
Brussels
King Albert
Belgium
Death Record Notices for McAuley Pawlowski and White
Death notices list Paul Francis McAuley age 19 of 110 West Madison avenue Ss. P. White 56 of Oakland Iowa and Julia Pawlowski 50 of Maple street with memorial details forthcoming.
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Paul Francis McAuley
Madison Avenue
Ss. P. White
Oakland
Iowa
Julia Pawlowski
Maple Street
This Is The Summer That Was To Be Cold
In March a brutal cold snap reached 14 degrees locally and 26 below in Canada. Sir Frederick Stuart, head of Canada's meteorological service, refused to guarantee a warm summer. Forecasters warned of a repeat of 1816 the year without a summer. By yesterday the temperature climbed to 98 degrees with no relief in sight, upending the doom predictions of goosebone prophets and other experts.
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Canada
Sir Frederick Stuart
Metereological Service
Sir Frederick
Rev McAuley Killed by Train in Cleveland
Paul Francis McAuley aged 19 son of Mr and Mrs J B McAuley of 110 West Madison avenue was a brakeman for Baltimore and Ohio railroad when an engine running over him instantly killed him Friday at work in Cleveland Ohio He had stepped down to close a switch and fell under the engine He had been with B and O about four weeks previously worked as a clerk at the round house of the Pennsylvania Company in Mahoningtown He was well known in Seventh ward a member of St Mare s Catholic church He leaves parents and brothers and sisters Funeral services will be Monday morning June 25 at 9 from St Margaret s church Burial in St Mary s cemetery
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Paul Francis McAuley
J. B. McAuley
West
Madison Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cleveland
Ohio
McAuley
Round House
Pennsylvania Company
Mahoningtown
Seventh Ward
St. Mare ‘S Catholic Church
Sylvester Kramer James, Jr
Clarence
Mamie
Hirles
Jane Harriet
Raymond
Seat’ Ce McAuley
St. Margaret’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Heat Claims Multiple Victims Across Cities
Reports from Flint Pittsburgh and Lafayette describe heat related incidents. Victims include Snanshots At News Miss Mae McCormick and Tony Alzis who collapsed at workplaces. Others sought relief by drastic means or fell from heights, showing widespread exposure dangers.
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BELL
Volumn
Croton
Mrs. Dunleavy
Hutchison
Mrs. Harding
George R
Argu
Johnson Bronze Company
Winter Company
Lehigh Company
Dufford Company
Dufford’s
Paul
W. F. Dufford
Arthur Mometer
Harvester
Tome
Yale Superman
Thompson
Snanshots
Mae McCormick
Boston
Pitmann Egg Company
Sylvester O'Keefe
Flint, Mich
Emily Lunt
Pittsburgh
Tony Alzis
Woodlawn
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company
Harry Henry
Lafayette
Ind
Harry Minor
William Jeremiah
Etna
G. A. Lintner
Lancaster
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